Belt



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F. C. SIMMONS BELT Filed June 17. 1924 InUenZor:

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Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK C. SIMMONS, OF HIGHLAND PARK. PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PIO-NEER SUSPENDER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BELT.

Application filed June 17, 1924.

lle it known that I. Fnnnnnrck (Y Qinnox's. a citizen of the UnitedState residn at l ighland Park. in the county of l )elaware. l tate ofPennsylvania. have invented a new and useful Belt. of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in belts, especially to that type ofbelt in which retaining loops are provided for securing the free end ofthe belt. after the same has passed through the buckle. Two retainingloops are usually employed. and these. in genera practice. are securedloose y by a narrow strip of leather or similar material. nneeted to themain body of the belt. This narrow strip is usually attached to the beltat s parated points by elements of the post and socket devices whichdisengageably secure the main body of the belt with the turned over endof the belt which forms the buckle loop. The distance between the pointsof attachment of the two post and socket devices forms the limit ofadjustment of one retaining loop which is secured between the strip andthe be t and between said two points of atti'ichn'ient, The otherretaining loop is secured by a loop formalion of the narrow strip whichextends beyond one of the said fastening devices. The tension of thenarrow strip between the two po n s f attachment and th friction lneenhe strip and the substantially rigid adjac nt wall ol the belt. tend tomainlain the retaining loop thereby secured in any desired position ofadjustment. The long and unsecured loop of the narrow strip. whichextends beyond or outside the two fa tening devices and secures theother re taining loop. provides no such tension or friction for holdingits retaining loop in position of adjustment. It merely serves toprevent its moving beyond a maximum distance from the other retainingloop. It does not prevent the, two retaining oops from approaching tooclose together for useful service. One of the objects of my invention isto provide means for overcoming this disadvantage. The other object isto utilize such means for indicating the size of the bolt, the trademarkor the like.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate merely by way of example asuitable embodiment of the invention Serial No. 720,532.

Fig. 1 is a front view of the end of the belt to which the buckle isattached.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of same with the post and socket fastenersseparated and the buckle removed.

Fig. 2 shows in plan and elevation on enlarged scale. the size andtrade-mark attachment or rivet member.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the end of the be t enlarged.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The ma n body 4 of the belt is formed with the return bend or loop 5 forsecuring the buckle 6. The bent-over part 7 is dis engagcably secured tothe main body 4 by the post and socket fasteners 8. 8. The retainingloops 9 and 10 are threaded on the main body 4. Loop 9 is securedbetween a narrow strip 11. and the belt body 4. and between thefasteners 8. The tension of this strip 11 is such that. in cooperationwith the comparatively still or rigid body 4, that the loop 9 is held inany desired position of adjustment. The retaining loop 10 is engaged byan extension of strip 11 passing beyond a fastener R and returnii'igback and secured upon itself and the body 4 by said fastener 9. thusforming a loop formation 12 of this extension of strip ll. 'hen thisloop formation 12 is entirely open. as is the usual practice. there isnothing to prevent the re tainiug loop it) from sliding along the bodyportion 4 to and from the fastener Q and to and from the end of saidloop forn'lation 12. Thus the two retaining loops 9 and 10 may bebrought accidentally into close juxtaposition, which is objectionable.

In accordance with the present invention however, the two extensions ofthe folded over portion 12 are secured together at. a point, as at 13.in close proximity to the retaining loop 10. when the same is at theextreme outer end of loop formation 12. By this means a close fittingpocket is provided for loop 10. whereby little or no play is permittedof the retaining loop member 10 in the loop formation 12. and thus theretaining loops 9 and 10. when the belt is pressed flat against the bodyof the wearer are normally kept a substantial distance apart. The meansfor securing the two parts of strip 11 together at point 13 comprises arivet member or similar device provided,

with ahead or disc 14 upon which may be displayed the size number of thebelt, the tradeunaflkcthe nameof the maker or similar device. The disc14 is provided with a stem or shank 15 which passes through bothextensions of strip 11 and is clinched on the underside thereof" as at16, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In order also to increase the stability of the position of the retainingloop 10 in respect to the belt and to cover more completely the meansfor fastening the two ends of the strap forming the said loop 10, theportion of the strip 11 which comprises the loop formation 12, isincreased in width to substantially the width of the belt, so thatnearly theentire underside of the retaining loop 10 is covered thereby.This wide part-tapers from the rivet members 14 and 15 to the narrowdimension of the balance of the strip 11. It will be noted that the rearside of retaining loop 9 is covered by the turned over portion 7 i offullbelt width.

hat- I claim is 1. The combination of a belt having a bent over end toform the buckle engaging loop, fastening devices for securing said bentover end to the main body of the belt, retaining loops for the other endof the belt which projects through the buckle, means for securing saidretaining loops loosely to the main body of the belt, comprisingaflexible strip secured to the belt by elementsof said fastening devices,one retaining loop secured between said strip and belt and between saidfastening elements, said flexible strip having a substantial extensionbeyond a fastening element and having a folded over part, the layers ofwhich are secured together at a distance from the bend correspondingapproximately with the width of the retaining loop to form a pocket forsecuring and maintaining the other retaining loop at the extreme end ofthe said folded portion.

2. The combination of a belt having a bent over end to form the buckleengaging loop, fastening devices for securing said bent over end to themain body of the belt, retaining loops for the other end of the beltwhich projects through the buckle, means for securing said retainingloops loosely to the main body of the belt,ioompr isingy a flexiblestrip connected to the body of the belt by said fastening devices withone retaining loop between the strip and the belt and two said fasteningdevices, the other retaining loop secured by a loop formation of saidflexible strip projecting beyond one of said fastening devices. and abody having a display disc and a rivet stem for securing together thetwo extensions of the loop formation at a point distant from the end ofthe loop formation corresponding approximately with the width of theretaining loop.

FREDERICK C. SIMMONS.

